Giants closer Wilson upset after Dodgers’ Blake mocks him

Just got back upstairs from the postgame clubhouse after the Giants’ 13-inning victory. Everyone was weary but very happy to clinch a series and a winning road trip. But Brian Wilson was not.

A friend sent Wilson a photo of Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake mocking the crossed-arms gesture that the Giants’ All-Star closer makes when he finishes off a victory. The gesture is symbolic of Wilson’s faith and it’s also a signal to his late father. The background on Wilson’s gesture can be found here.

Several veterans approached Wilson and appeared to be trying to calm him down. Strangely enough, Blake hit the tying home run off Wilson in the 12th before Randy Winn’s two-run single in the 13th put the Giants ahead again. Wilson got three quick ground outs in the bottom of the inning to finish the game.

When asked what was upsetting him, Wilson grudgingly showed the photo on his phone to myself and Henry Schulman of the SF Chronicle. (It showed Blake seated in the dugout with his arms crossed.) He didn’t want to say anything, though. We asked if Blake’s gesture was an affront to his faith. “Yeah, and my dad,” Wilson said.

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I asked if he’d remember the next time he faced Blake. Wilson shrugged and clamped his mouth shut. From the next locker over, Jeremy Affeldt said, “Blake knows what he did.”

By the time we hustled over to the Dodgers clubhouse, Blake was showered and gone.

Clearly, this will be worth watching when these two teams meet again in August.

Andrew Baggarly

Andrew Baggarly has documented the most eventful era in San Francisco Giants baseball history, having covered the team since 2004 for th​ree major media outlets including the San Jose Mercury News and the Oakland Tribune​. This is his 20th season as a baseball writer.
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I really hope Casey Blake finds out what his action meant to Brian Wilson and then apologizes. I’m guessing he was doing it naively, but he should still apologize (maybe privately?).

That’s the only way this will turn out well.

Will

Fastball in the ribs. End of story.

Thomas

BLAKE IS A SCRUB. What an arrogant anus. Congrats on hitting a ball 350 feet, most parks that isn’t a homer. He is insulting Wilson’s faith, but more importantly, his father. That is ridiculous, and he should be beaned in the head next time the Giants play the Dodgers.

Sandoval+Molina=600 lbs.

Shut up you idiots. If Broxton did that kind of stuff you would be whining about how much of a douche bag he is. Maybe Wilson would be taken a bit more seriously if he didn’t follow the whole Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn act. On another note, your team has a lot of young talent, but I guarantee the Giants won’t win anything as long as you guys keeping making signings like Renteria.

Andrew

Earhole Blake! Sit him on his mocking butt.

Edawg

There is no need for Wilson to make his jesture…Its stupid and Blake was merely pointing that out…..I doesn’t matter if he honoring his father, Wilson can do that privately after a win. No need to flatter yourself Wilson…..

andrew

Thomas, that’s the dumbest thing you could have said. You should keep your emotions in check because what you just said is just as bad, if not worse, than what Blake did. He did it based on sheer ignorance, thinking that Wilson probably does it as some quasi-cool move to show the fans he’s hip. I’m pretty sure if he knew, he wouldn’t have done it. Hopefully, someone will point it out to Blake and he’ll apologize. No one should ever get beaned in the head.

Will

I agree, not to the head. But I still think he should be beaned in the torso, hopefully by one of our crappier pitchers so that their suspension is meaningless.

kbaker

calm down. stop looking for reasons to hate. blake i’m sure had no idea the meaning behind the gesture. most people probably didn’t until it was brought up publicly. that’s not the kind of guy blake is for anyone who has been remotely paying attention. give a person the benefit of the doubt, for gosh sakes.

RussL

LOL thomas had me till the last sentence bean him in the head yeah thats a little over the top i was thinking maybe aim for a kneecap at the most. Just kidding Wilson really needs to get over it IMO. He does it at the end of every game and it has an appearance of an unsportsmanlike gesture. The guy has a mohawk haircut and tons of tats so theres always likely to be someone somewhere willing to make fun of him. Is he going to fight every one of them too? Suck it up be a man go to work quit bitching and crying and no more blown saves especially in 12th when we have no bench players left and really really needed it to be over(sorry for no punctuation there). So lucky we scored in 13th Brian. Ok rant done.

Harold S

It’ll blow over. Wasn’t it Hinshaw that pulled the whole jumping up and down routine that got Kent yelling at him and the vets worried they were going to get killed? Someone in the Dodger side will remind Blake that there are 3 guys in the starting rotation that can in fact break parts of his body, and the guy who he insulted throws harder than each of them.

Misti

You can’t take the heat, go back to SF. Seriously, these are not elementary kids, if you get mocked, blow it off. This is just more evidence that these pro baseball players are pampered children. It was a great game and even though LA is the better team and will end up in the playoffs while SF is back home, SF got the win and should just be happy for that. And as far as Wilson throwing at Blake in the next game, only thing that will prove is what an idiot he is. Mocking doesn’t get you suspended but intentionally throwing at someone will. Dumbasses!

aj taylor

fastball in the ribs…how about a fastball to the face. thats what i wanna see. u know wilson will do it too. id love to see that. lets get a giants dodgers brawl going. hopefully blake dosent appologize otherwise wilson woodnt hit him.

Chiron Brown

Wilson should keep his faith off the field and in church where it belongs. God doesn’t care about your baseball game.

Lauren

If it’s true, as Jeremy Affeldt said, that Casey Blake knows what he did, then I really don’t like him and he is officially my least favorite player. However, I have a hard time believing anyone would do that on purpose, mocking a gesture that means so much to Brian Wilson. And I also can’t imagine how he would know the significance of the gesture in the first place. I would really like to hear what Blake has to say before calling him any names. Although, at the same time, that is pretty jerky of him to even mock Wilson in the first place, no matter what the gesture meant. :/ I really hope Wilson doesn’t responding by beaning Blake, though, because that would be pretty un-Christian message to send…. and also no one should EVER aim for anyone’s head for ANY reason. The hitter could get killed. Totally not worth it.

Billy Sadler is the one who did the crazy fist-pumping after striking out Manny Ramirez. That wasn’t mocking anyone, though, he was just really excited. Who can blame him? He’s stuck in AAA now – that might be the last time he ever had a chance to strike out a hitter as good as Manny.

frost

When you have a routine celebration that is attributable to you and you alone, you invite mockery; it’s just how it is. If it is a solemn gesture, that’s one thing, but the Giants use that as the basis for his entrance on the stadium video screen (it shows him doing it no less than twenty times). I’m sure he signed off on that. It’s his “thing,” and “things” invite mockery, meat.

bradley emden

Obviously Wilson’s meaning have deep spiritual and personal meaning to himself. How the heck is Blake supposed to know that. Wilson should have gotten him out in the first place. Why the hell is Blake so could against the giants and so lousy against the rest of the league? Stop being so freakin sensitive. However, if it turns out that Blake really did know that he was upsetting Wilson, then perhaps it is a little bit different. But if Wilson folds his arm every time he gets a save, then why can’t Blake fold his arms when he caused Wilson a blown save? If the gesture has that much meaning to you, then don’t do it so openly and make it represent your save, as opposed to your late father, and your faith. They should meet together with the help of a trained psychologist. It looks like they will not form a Branca/Thomson relationship.

Thevaultsky

Wilson should come up with a new hand gesture just for Blake when he strikes him out. A few come to mind…

B

Baggs, do us a favor please, delete the disrespectful dodger fans comments.

Nancy Pelosi Giants

Wah Wah.. Typical whiny liberal Giants and their fans. Go ask Nancy Pelosi to tax Casey Blake 90% of his salary as pay back. Hopefully, Broxton drills Licescum in the head with a 100 MPH fastball next time these two play.

J1255R

I’m sure Blake didn’t know the meaning of the gesture.

Why should he hit him? Instead of beaning Blake, strike him out. If he beans him, then he’s just going to end scoring when next batter comes up and hits a homer off of him. Then who will have the last laugh? Get over it and play baseball. And you guys should get over it too. These are the kind of emotions players feed off of and Wilson can’t let his get the better of him. No player should. That’s just the game.

I doubt Blake knew what the gesture meant. Only Giants fans who follow closely do.

I doubt he cared what it could have meant, else he wouldn’t have done that.

He might feel some remorse once he hears what it meant to Wilson, but I doubt there will be an apology. I would be impressed if he did, however.

I don’t see Wilson being an attacker; it would only help the Dodgers get a runner on base. But I expect him to bring it up a notch against the Dodgers every time he faces them going forward. I expect him to associate honoring his father with shutting down the Dodgers.

Even if there is an apology, Wilson would probably accept it, given his strong faith, but I doubt he will ever forget it. A father’s honor is something you don’t really cross the line with. I’ve had someone who did that to me, and I know I won’t ever forget it – he tried to insult me by using my dead father as part of the insult.

Chin Music

Give him one right on that ratty azz beard he’s rockin. A lil chin music could be good for Blake. It’ll teach him to keep quiet and stop reminding us why his 3rd tier azz is still sealing a check. Also its about time that the Giants/Dodgers rivalry got beefed up. Im tired of guys playin nice with them a-holes. We aint pals, we aint friends and we do good to take a page outta the Yanks/Red Sox rivalry and realize that the Dodgers are our main competition in the NL West, and every chance we get to kick their d!cks in the dirt we need to do it. Damn all this corporate box shiznit of the 2000’s SF Giants. I want that cold as a hookers heart wind blowin in off the bay that made the Stick and its fans more bitter and pissed when we seen Dodger blue. i seen a guy waltz up in there with a Royals hat and he alsmost got his teeth knocked out.

So to Brian Wilson:
“Make the world a better place. Punch a Dodger in the face”

GFAN101

casey blake is a punk. And so r a lot of u with ur stupid comments. he does keep it to himself. he turns away from the batters, morons! If broxton paid tribute to his fam, then giants fans would be stupid to make fun of it. He doesent. but wilson does. Everyone just needs to lay off. Some giants fans that some of u r. pathetic. i hope ur guilt eats u and u rot. if ur gonna belittle our own team, why the hell dont u just join the rest of the bums in LA. You make me sick.

Jonathan Broxton = 600 lbs

Come on man. We all know Dodger fans are classless, but how can you blindly support what some non fan favorite player did when mocking someones religion and the death of his father. “Shut up you idiots”. are you nine years old? ‘Dont talk about my Casey Blake like that!!’

Ryan

C’mon. His dad died when he was 17. Doesn’t matter if he is honoring his father? Seriously? This is his story and his gesture and people should respect that. At least he’s not pumping his fist and acting all tough after saving a three run lead like Papelbon. Plus Wilson was an all-star. Wth has Blake done in his career? Blake’s getting a fastball in the ribs in August, teams will be warned. At least the Giants-Dodgers rivalry is back.

kvdp

We all know the Dodgers are classless, but I dont even think this is about class (we’ll know for sure if he apologizes or not).

This is just more about being dumb. Blake probably doesnt even know what it means and thought he was being mighty clever. Nope.

Instead you just look like a douche to anybody who does know what it means.

southie

Chiron Brown: “Wilson should keep his faith off the field and in church where it belongs. God doesn’t care about your baseball game.”

Well, if Wilson should follow your advice, then maybe you should tell the same to Pujols, Pudge, and every other batter that does the finger-point to the sky or makes the Sign of the Cross for every at-bat. I’d rather Brian turn his back to the plate, make his sign, and that’s it. There’s nothing douchy about it, and he has the right to do it. Doesn’t matter if Blake knows what it means–you show up a guy (on the field or in the dugout), you expect payback. Lucky for Blake, Wilson doesn’t seem to be the revenge type. But, he is the type to uncork a hard pitch outside of the strikezone that just might hit a batter…

Theoz

If he is going to make that gesture for every save then he should expect players to mock him when he blows one. There are better ways to honor your faith and your parents than that anyways.

ed

It is great to have a rivalry again. For a team that absolutely cannot hit, the Giants compete like bandits. They are two games over 500 despite hitting like banjo players.
I hope it holds up, but if nothing else the Giants and Dodgers carping at each other means that baseball is getting relevant again in the Bay Area…
Brian Wilson seems like a good guy. Casey Blake seems like a good guy. One guy (Wilson) is our guy. The other guy is theirs.

mike

No, he’s a tool and should stop. All players should stop. You can tell the older guys are getting peeved by it. Like Aubrey Huff did over the weekend against Joba. No matter what the meaning is to the person doing it, it shouldn’t be done on the field. Its looking for attention, well he got it.

thafugue

Using an MMA symbol to say it’s to honor your faith and father is like flipping the bird after the game and saying it’s to honor my late father and give glory to God. I’m a Chrisitan and I’m offended by the use of an MMA gesture to honor God. It’s confusing to people who see the symbol and it’s completely understandable for Blake to confuse that as a “showing-up” symbol. I’m a die-hard Giants fan and a Christian, but I think Wilson should either shut down the symbol or at the very least, do his symbol after EVERY game, not just after victories.

WBB

I hope the Beach Boy apologizes to all the rest for imposing his imaginary supreme being on us.

Esco

Regardless of the teams, regardless of the meaning, THIS is baseball. And the matter of the fact is that when you try to upstage someone in the sport with something other than a pitch or a swing, your going to get a message sent in your next at bat. All you people who are saying Wilson shouldn’t do anything, are probably right, can’t afford a runner on in a late game situations if he’s in for the save. BUT you can bet that anyone of the the starters is gonna pelt Blake as soon as he steps in to the batters box.

These are part of the “unwritten” rules of the game. Deal with it. He shouldn’t have done it, but it’ll be a wash with 1 pitch. Just hope he learns his lesson.

Oh no! Casey Blake made fun of my gesture! Somebody call the Waaaaahmbulance! Seriously, it was bush league, but get over it already.

DODGERS4LIFE1983

BOO FREAKING HOO BRIAN WILSON. MUST BE THAT ROID RAGE. AND JUST CAUSE HE HAS A MOHAWK AND SOME TATTOO’S, DOES MAKE HIM TOUGH. WILSON IS JUST JEALOUS HE CAN’T GROW A BEARD LIKE CASEY BLAKE

Nick

Boo Hoo. His father should be dishonored that his son makes moronic gestures after saving a game.

lamekuma

While I do agree that Wilson’s gestures are a bit much at the end of the game, he’s only doing it as a gesture of his faith and to his father and not facing the other team’s dugout. I think that Blake was just in the heat of the moment and just made one stupid and dumb gesture.
However, Blake should apologize and if he doesn’t, then I hope he gets on in the ribs because that’s totally bush league. Although as a fan, I’m excited that there’s a possibility that the Giants and Dodgers might start a heated rivalry once again. Look at the Red Sox and Rays. 🙂

wilsoncrybaby

Cry me a river Wilson! What a crybaby! Well at least this starts the Giant Dodger Rivalry up again. Come on, Giant fans, its not like Casey knew it had anything to do with his father or religion. Stop being so feminine for once Giant fans!

ROB

Wow, if Wilson is sooo into his religion, then why is he having such a hard time forgiving a naive fellow child of God??? I also wonder if his very Christian mind ever told him that by him making a secret gesture after every victory (and only in victory, shouldn’t you love your God iregardless) will be viewed a very anti-kindness, thus bringing a kind of show-off-ness to front which in any religion will be not so OK!

Mr. Wilson: your God will forgive your trespasses as you forgive those who trespass against you!

Matthew

Wah, wah, wah. Wilson needs to grow a set.

GiantsWinWest

Love the Dodger meltdown in full effect.

All you losers that were bagging on Bonds all those years now look like asshats.

Go Gagne and Manny!

DODGERS – MANNY = SCRUBS

Shut up you idiots. If Sandoval mocked any of your closer you would be whining about how much of a douche bag he is. BEST REVENGE IS, BEATING THE SMURFS!!! BTW – How selfish of Ramirez trying to get pregnant during the season….Manny being Tranny!

DODGERS – MANNY = SCRUBS

“You can’t take the heat, go back to SF. Seriously, these are not elementary kids, if you get mocked, blow it off” BUT ISN’T MOCKING SOMEONE PRETTY ELEMENTARY IN ITSELF?

“And as far as Wilson throwing at Blake in the next game, only thing that will prove is what an idiot he is. Mocking doesn’t get you suspended but intentionally throwing at someone will. Dumbasses!” GOOD THINK WILSON STILL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY NOT TO ACT LIKE AN IDIOT, IN CASY BLAAAAH’S CASE, IT’S TOOOO LATE! IDIOT!!!

Steve

If Blake doesn’t work it out with an apology, the Giant pitchers may not get a chance to retaliate. The Giants have some enforcer types as position players. I easily imagine one of those guys heading to third with something more than a clean slide on their minds.

God, my son is such a sissy drama queen. Where in the world did I go wrong?

Dan

I agree that maybe Blake did not know what the gesture means to Wilson. I will give him the benefit of the doubt and he should apologize. If he doesn’t then he should get beaned in the ribs. End of story.

HAHAHHAHAHAH

Hhahahhahah go Casey Blake maybe your closer shouldn’t be a dumb ass and have a move like that to honor his father. 1 because it looks like he is rubbing in the close not honoring his father. Besides douche bag giants fans who the hell knows that his gay move his for his father.

Wilson was an all-star because every team has to have a representative. The guy is a mediocre closer.

Secondly, don’t the Dodgers have an equal right to be offended by a pitching making gestures whenever he gets them out? Whether it’s a positive gesture or not, it’s unsportsmanlike to make gestures of any kind when you’re successful. It’s one thing if Wilson did it at the end of every game, or before every batter. Then it would be a routine. But when you only do it when you strike a guy out or save a game, it’s a taunt.

In Wilson’s explanation, the sign symbolizes Jesus and ultimate fighting. What the heck?

and by medicore closer, I mean his ERA was 4.62 with a 1.44 WHIP the year he was an all-star. not good for a closer.

JMachine

#1, Casey Blake needs to do these kinds of things to get his name in the headlines. He obviously realizes that his baseball skills aren’t exactly news-worthy.

#2, Its a pretty good sign that Blake already fears Wilson, seeing as he retreated to hide back in the dugout before pulling his little stunt. There’s no way Blake would ever even think of doing anything like that to Wilson’s face.

#3, The cultural divide in class is quite easy to see here. LA fans see nothing wrong with an unprovoked mocking of a dead family member. Bay Area residence would disagree. But, hey, whatever floats your boat, Dodgers fans. Keep dreaming about winning the NL West without Manny. What’s your record without him, again?

BeeserStL

Way to go Casey .. Loved it. People have no sense of humor today.

JERRY

I DON’T THINK BLAKE WAS ANYTHING BUT UPSET OVER THE LOSS. HE SHOULD APPOLIGIES AND IF WILSON DOES NOT ACCEPT IT. HE IS NOT THE MAN MANY THINK HE IS. I’M NOT A GIANT OR DODGER FAN BUT A BASEBALL FAN.ISN’T THAT WHAT WE ALL LOVE?

mok

if he’s the Christian he claims to be, there’ll be no chin music. he’s already forgiven blake regardless if he apologizes or not. all part of the witness.

Wayne

Blake owes no apology whatsoever.
Wilson made this little ritual up himself and had to explain it because it’s cryptic. If it’s sacred to him, them he shouldn’t be flaunting it in a stadium, full of fans, and on camera. If it’s as personal as he says it is, then save it for your hotel room pal, We don’t give a damn about your little ritual of hand gesturing that came from your religious fanaticism combined with your childlike imagination.
Wilson only does this when he wins/records a save. He does it on the mound for all to see. I can see how that could be taken as taunting and/or over celebrating and for Blake to make fun of it seems totally fair. If Wilson doesn’t want people making fun of his special little, freaky ritual then he shouldn’t be flaunting it in front of the world.
He should be out there to play baseball and that’s it. Just like everything else in our world – politics, school, work… religion and it’s crazy rituals should be kept personal and on your own damn time. Grow up and keep it all baseball on the mound, Wilson.

Keto

Doesn’t Wilson have some sort of deal with a clothing company that uses his “gesture”? Enough of guys making stupid motions to honor their faith. Who cares what religion you are. Talk to God about it at home or in church. You have the right to do it publicly, but don’t whine when someone mocks it.

If it’s for your father, then don’t make money off of it and people will respect the gesture. If you want to be a jag-off “Wild Thing” reliever you’re going to get mocked. Want to be a side-show, go play basketball or football.

Noriokey

I just read this story, and from I can see, I believe that a simple apology from Blake should suffice. Maybe Wilson should also not take it so personally either. I am sure that when these guys are playing their game and the game gets heated, things like this can happen without thinking. Ease up everyone!

Keto

One more thing: faith doesn’t make you a decent person. People are religious for purely selfish reasons. So let’s not paint him as a great, forgiving guy because he’s a Christian.

duck the fodgers

Dodgers are sucky losers…let Blake pick his nose with each of those fingers …ever since the cheater Manny got caught the Dodgers are starting to spiral down the poo bowl cause they are losers.

Dodgers MVP for the past 2 years….Jason Schmidt

mike

blake is a bum earhole him evertime he sees him tilhis apology then earhole him again y not he’s a dodger

Brummo

Thevaultsky: Best comment of the day.

I’m not sure how anyone (who’s actually seen it anyway) could think Brian Wilson’s gesture is intended to show up the opposing team after a save. After he retires the last batter, he turns toward the outfield and does his gesture. He doesn’t do it towards the batter or the other team’s dugout. He’s not making any kind of noise, nor does he have any kind of disrespectful look in his eyes.

Whether or not Blake knew what the gesture meant, he was still mocking Wilson, which makes him a grade-A jerk. I used to respect Blake because he struck me as a quiet, no-nonsense, gritty player (although his grittiness might just be coming from his beard), but now his true colors have shown and what respect I had for the guy is completely gone.

T.J.

A) Brian Wilson is an idiot. He has previously admitted that his symbol is taken from Ultimate Fighting and a clothing brand.

I feel like after that I don’t even need to criticize him. The man makes fun of himself. “honor ultimate fighting and christ” what a fool.

“I felt like it would be a good time to show my commitment to christ” Sure, maybe if anyone had any idea what it meant. Without telling anyone what the symbol means he just leaves fans and players confused and left to speculate. He should expect to get mocked and not be such a pussy. If anything, Blake did him a favor, showing him exactly how much of a douchebag he is.

Another point, arbitrary gestures are meaningless to everyone else and pointless. If the gesture really has that much meaning to you, you should do it once you get home. If jonathan broxton decided to rub refried beans all over his face after a save to honor his faith in Christ would you all defend him? No. because its ridiculous…much like Wilson’s random crossed-arm symbol

Mike

Who cares?
Play ball.

John

Athletes in baseball, football, basketball and soccer and hockey have all sorts fo different gestures and moves. It’s all part of the game. These gestures and moves can be copied by others especially if it’s a well known symbol. On the other hand, we also have people who try to get into another guy’s head by mocking him. It’s all part of the game. The key here is to not take the bait and get distracted. Just play your game and that makes a fool of the other guy and we’ll see him for who he is – a schmuck.

There is 162 games in a season and he is already whining. Its part of the game and get over it. You through him the Gas and he hit it far enough to serve drinks and have a Stewerdess on board. Anyone who thinks its ok to BEAN someone for that is an idiot. You dont intentionally go out to hurt someone, if you think its ok, then give up on Baseball and watch WWF, YSFM!

Schoffle

You guys can’t be serious here, Wilson admits that the gesture is from the UFC, heck he admits that the gesture means one more round (appropriate for Blake to use after tying the game). If he wants to say a silent pray for his Dad in the dugot mre power to him but if he wants to make a public gesture to look cool after winning a game, heck with that he should be mocked when he gets touched up for a game tying HR.

Danny

For all you people who are getting so upset about this, especially b/c Wilson is showing the importance of his faith, maybe you should stop and ask, “What would Jesus do?” I doubt he would put one in Blake’s earhole. And can’t we just leave religious gestures off the playing field? I mean, does God really care who wins the Giants-Dodgers series this year. Gestures like Wilson’s only serve to trivialize their beliefs.

i think he should behead blake with a fastball, so what if you get fined or suspended, its only money and your getting a fat pay check so what the hell, go for it!!!

Frank

all you dodger fans can hate on wilson all you want but mohawk or not hes still an all star…and the giants won the game.

Michael

Everybody’s got a signal now, everybody’s got a shout-out to God or a dead relative or mom watching at home. (And 99% of us have no idea WTF it is other than a guy banging his chest and pointing when he does something he’s happy about.)

The only thing they don’t have, apparently, is a sense of humor about themselves.

Apology not required; Wilson getting over himself is.

LD

I think its a good thing Blake got out of the club house and Wilson was calmed down. If I were Brian Wilson I wouldn’t want to throw at Blake I would wanna beat his ass out on the street. Being a Christian doesn’t mean you can’t fight back against cheap antagonization.

t-bone

Mr. Wilson — Didn’t Jesus suggest turning the other cheek? As opposed to plunking the dude in the butt cheek? Grow up.

You battery-chuckers crack me up. Boo hoo. When a player has a “signature” celebration move, you better expect to get mocked, weather its meaningful or not.

You guys are just jealous that the the Dodgers (best record in the MLB, by the way, already 9 games ahead of the giants) have a guy like Blake hitting eighth, when he would be your clean-up hitter.

Barry Zito is a awesome, but the other 24 guys on your team can pair off and have their way with eachother in the showers after ANOTHER loss. LMAO.

Austin Donley

The Giants should be more worried about chipping into a 9 game lead even when the Dodgers don’t have Manny. If they don’t the road to the playoffs will be a walk in the park.

SoCal in NoCal

Screw that kook, Wilson. His stupid X point gesture is offensive to other teams when he’s lucky enough to get a save. I’m sure many other teams that have helped him blow saves (and he’s blown a lot) have laughed about the X move after the win.

Remember:

The Giants cheated in 1951 with binoculars and a radio to catch the Dodgers
A majority of the Giants took drugs to cheat and reach the 2002 WS.
Phone Company Park is tiny
Kook & Hype are no Vin Scully
World Series titles: LA – 5, SF – NEVER

SoCal in NoCal

And I also think that Lincecum sucks and his ERA will go up to 4 this season and Sandoval will get injured.

Me

hell yeah will haha

Leo Durocher’s Ghost

Comment 63 – Brilliant!

God forbid Wilson would have played pre-1970 when teams had bench jockeys who would MERCILESSLY ride opponents verbally and mock them physically taking shots at everything and anything. Ask any ballplayer who played in the 40’s, 50’s or 60’s.

Watching Wilson’s ritual in the 2010 WS is bizarre.

Vince

So nice to read such idiotic comments after seeing the Giants win the World Championship. My favorites:

#4: “…your team has a lot of young talent, but I guarantee the Giants won’t win anything as long as you guys keeping making signings like Renteria.” Three letters: M.V.P.

#12: “…even though LA is the better team and will end up in the playoffs while SF is back home…”

#37: “WILSON IS JUST JEALOUS HE CAN’T GROW A BEARD LIKE CASEY BLAKE”

#81: “And I also think that Lincecum sucks and his ERA will go up to 4 this season and Sandoval will get injured.”

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